Individual telephone-mouthpiece.



G. S. WARREN. INDIVIDUAL TELEPHONE MOUTHPIECE. APPLICATION FILED 11.13, 1912.

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Specification of letteis Patents Patented sgptg, 1913.

Application filed A rnis, 19x2. 3erial-Nm G90,511.-

To all whom z'lmay concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE S. WARREN,

a, citizen of the United States, residing'at Milford, in the county of ()lermont and State of Ohio, have invented newand useful Improvements in Individual Telephone- Mouthpieces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvementsindividual telephone'mouth pieces, the ob ject of the invention being to provide a mouth piece of this character-which may be readily attached to and moved from the mouth piece of a telephone transmitteriand by means of which the user of theindividual mouth piece may protect himself from danv ger of contracting some disease from using a telephone to which the public has access,

' mouth pieces 5 each of which is provided.

the invention consisting in the construction, combination "and arrangem it of devices, hereinafter described and clanned;

In the accompanying drav-"lng':'-F-igure 1 is a side elevation of an individual telephone Q mouth piece constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same in use on a telephone transmitter, the latter being-Indy cated in dotted outline. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail cross sectional view on the plane indicated by the line aF-a of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear.

elevation of a modified form of my individual telephonemouth piece.

' In accordance, with my 1nvent1on,"I pro,- vide a connectdni which is here shown as a band .or ring of sheet metal, 'open at one side and provided at'its ends with outturned portions 2. This connector is arranged to be placed around the enlar ed portion a of a-telephone transmitter an to be clamped thereon by'means of a bolt? which asses through openings in the outturned en por- 'tions 2. This connector isco'nstr'uc'ted with a series of spaced openings 4.

In connection w1th the connector, '1 provide a number of individual telephone at one side with a curved radially arranged arm 6 and at the opposite side with .a spring catch 7. The outer end of the curved arm 6 of each individual telephone mouth piece'is pivotally connected to the connector and is provided with a cylindrical portion 8 .which passes through one '01 the openings 4 and in connection with that portion of the .mitte'r, and providin connector which. formsone side of the said opening, forms a pivotal connection between the individual mouth piece and the 00111180 'tor. When'allofthe mouth pieces 5 are out of register with the mouthpiece b of the telephone transmitter, the individual mouth pieces 5 are arrangedradially. around and spaced from the neck. of the transmitter. Any one of the individual mouth pieces may be swung over and applied to the telephone mouth piece andconnected thereto detachably by the engagement of the spring catch piece, the said catch and the arnrdc'oactin'g to hold the individual mouth piece on the telephone'mouth piece while bemgused.

'The mouth pieces 5 will be used by dif-- ferent individuals and each may have a designating number, letter or other symbol. By thus providing a plurality of interchangeable individual mouth pieces for a .7 with one .side of the telephone mouth telephone transmitter, v each mouth plece Q may be used, when desired, only by one individual and all danger of contracting a.

contagious disease from the use of the telephone will be avoided. By thus providing the connector for attachment to a transtheseries of individual mouth pieces with the arms pivotally connected to the connector, all the individual mouth pieces are held conveniently at the telephone-and there is no danger. of

their becoming 'lostor misplaced and. they are. accessible to theresponsive users and any one of them may be.- instantly attached to and disconnected from the telephone mouth iece.

Tn Fig; 4 of the drawing, I show a modi fied form of my invention, in which the individual mouth piece 9 is adapted to be carried in a pocket and to be connected to and detached from a telephone mouth piece,

at will; This individual mouth piece, which is of suitable form,.comprises a body having an annular flange or cup 10 and on the rear. side of the individual mouth piece at the. upper side thereof are a pair cf segmental overhanging attaching lips or flanges 11 which may be sprung around and readily removed from theimouth piece of the tele--' phone, as willjbe readily understood. This individual mouth piece may be made of any suitable material and its attaching overhanginglips or flanges are preferably made of elastic material which admit of the ready' attachment and removal of the individual mouth piece.

1. A connector comprising a band adapted to be placed around a telephone trans- Initter, and a series of individual telephone mouth pieces each having an arm pivotally pieces each having an arm on one side, the

in presence of two witnesses.

said arm being arranged radially of and pivotally connected to the connector.

3. A connector for attachment to a telephone transmitter and an individual mouth piece pivotally connected to and carried by the connector and adapted to be applied to and removed from the telephone mouth piece, the said individual mouth piece being provided with means to detachably secure it to the telephone mouth piece. f i

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature CLARENCE S. WARREN. I Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. OLIVER,

JAMES Boyce.

Copies of this pat ent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, I). 0." 

